Custom Species Lists
This list of the fishes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters is compiled in part from a 1972 Washington Sea Grant publication authored by Allan DeLacy, Bruce Miller, and Steven Borton. Wayne Palsson, James Orr, and Theodore Pietsch provided additional updates. The original Sea Grant list was drawn from published literature, unpublished entries in the University of Washington fish collection, and log records from a number of departments, including Friday Harbor Laboratories and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
DeLacy et al. draw the western boundary of Puget Sound at longitude 123°28’, between Ediz Hook and the U.S.-Canada boundary line. They further divide the Sound into 12 areas, based partly on oceanographic conditions, and point out that some areas, such as Georgia Strait, Admiralty Inlet, and Colvos Passage were sampled less comprehensively than other regions.
Fishes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters
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American Shad
(Alosa sapidissima) -
Arrow Goby
(Clevelandia ios) -
Arrowtooth Flounder
(Atheresthes stomias) -
Basking Shark
(Cetorhinus maximus) -
Bay Goby
(Lepidogobius lepidus) -
Bay Pipefish
(Syngnathus leptorhynchus) -
Big Skate
(Raja binoculata) -
Bigeye Poacher
(Bathyagonus pentacanthus) -
Black Eelpout
(Lycodes diapterus) -
Black Prickleback
(Xiphister atropurpureus) -
Blackbelly Eelpout
(Lycodes pacificus) -
Blackeye Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii) -
Blackfin Poacher
(Bathyagonus nigripinnis) -
Blackfin Sculpin
(Malacocottus kincaidi) -
Blacktail Snailfish
(Careproctus melanurus) -
Blacktip Poacher
(Xeneretmus latifrons) -
Blue Lanternfish
(Tarletonbeania crenularis) -
Blue Shark
(Prionace glauca) -
Bluebarred Prickleback
(Plectobranchus evides) -
Bluespotted Poacher
(Xeneretmus triacanthus) -
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
(Hexanchus griseus) -
Bonehead Sculpin
(Artedius notospilotus) -
Broadnose Sevengill Shark
(Notorynchus cepedianus) -
Brown Cat Shark
(Apristurus brunneus) -
Brown Irish Lord
(Hemilepidotus spinosus) -
Buffalo Sculpin
(Enophrys bison) -
Bull Trout
(Salvelinus confluentus) -
Butter Sole
(Isopsetta isolepis) -
C-O Sole
(Pleuronichthys coenosus) -
Cabezon
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) -
Calico Sculpin
(Clinocottus embryum) -
California Halibut
(Paralichthys californicus) -
California Headlightfish
(Diaphus theta) -
California Lizardfish
(Synodus lucioceps) -
California Skate
(Raja inornata) -
California Tonguefish
(Symphurus atricaudus) -
Capelin
(Mallotus villosus) -
Coastrange Sculpin
(Cottus aleuticus) -
Coho Salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) -
Common Carp
(Cyprinus carpio) -
Coralline Sculpin
(Artedius corallinus) -
Crescent Gunnel
(Pholis laeta) -
Curlfin Sole
(Pleuronichthys decurrens) -
Cutthroat Trout
(Oncorhynchus clarkii) -
Darkblotched Rockfish
(Sebastes crameri) -
Darter Sculpin
(Radulinus boleoides) -
Daubed Shanny
(Leptoclinus maculatus) -
Decorated Warbonnet
(Chirolophis decoratus) -
Dolly Varden
(Salvelinus malma) -
Dover Sole
(Microstomus pacificus) -
Dusky Sculpin
(Icelinus burchami) -
Dwarf Wrymouth
(Cryptacanthodes aleutensis) -
English Sole
(Parophrys vetulus) -
Eulachon
(Thaleichthys pacificus) -
Flathead Sole
(Hippoglossoides elassodon) -
Fluffy Sculpin
(Oligocottus snyderi) -
Fourhorn Poacher
(Hypsagonus quadricornis) -
Giant Grenadier
(Albatrossia pectoralis) -
Giant Wrymouth
(Cryptacanthodes giganteus) -
Graveldiver
(Scytalina cerdale) -
Gray Starsnout
(Bathyagonus alascanus) -
Great Sculpin
(Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) -
Green Sturgeon
(Acipenser medirostris) -
Grunt Sculpin
(Rhamphocottus richardsonii) -
Halfbanded Rockfish
(Sebastes semicinctus) -
High Cockscomb
(Anoplarchus purpurescens) -
Jack Mackerel
(Trachurus symmetricus) -
Kelp Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus) -
Kelp Perch
(Brachyistius frenatus) -
King-of-the-salmon
(Trachipterus altivelis) -
Leopard Shark
(Triakis semifasciata) -
Lingcod
(Ophiodon elongatus) -
Lobefin Snailfish
(Liparis greeni) -
Longfin Gunnel
(Pholis clemensi) -
Longfin Sculpin
(Jordania zonope) -
Longfin Smelt
(Spirinchus thaleichthys) -
Longnose Lancetfish
(Alepisaurus ferox) -
Longnose Skate
(Raja rhina) -
Longspine Combfish
(Zaniolepis latipinnis) -
Manacled Sculpin
(Synchirus gilli) -
Marbled Snailfish
(Liparis dennyi) -
Mosshead Sculpin
(Clinocottus globiceps) -
Mosshead Warbonnet
(Chirolophis nugator) -
North Pacific Frostfish
(Benthodesmus pacificus) -
North Pacific Spiny Dogfish
(Squalus suckleyi) -
Northern Anchovy
(Engraulis mordax) -
Northern Clingfish
(Gobiesox maeandricus) -
Northern Lampfish
(Stenobrachius leucopsarus) -
Northern Rock Sole
(Lepidopsetta polyxystra) -
Northern Ronquil
(Ronquilus jordani) -
Northern Sculpin
(Icelinus borealis) -
Northern Spearnose Poacher
(Agonopsis vulsa) -
Ocean Sunfish
(Mola mola) -
Opah
(Lampris guttatus) -
Pacific Angel Shark
(Squatina californica) -
Pacific Barracuda
(Sphyraena argentea) -
Pacific Bonito
(Sarda chiliensis) -
Pacific Chub Mackerel
(Scomber japonicus) -
Pacific Electric Ray
(Torpedo californica) -
Pacific Halibut
(Hippoglossus stenolepis)
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Utilizing double quotes for exact terms can narrow your search results. Ex. A common name search of Northwestern Sedge matches 'Northwestern Sedge' and 'Northwestern Showy Sedge'. Typing "Northwestern Sedge" return only 'Northwestern Sedge'.
- Abarenicola claparedi - (Rough-skinned lugworm)
- Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
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External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species